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obama is? on one hand has putin gained some leverage in these other issues, these other geopolitical issues by hanging on to snowden or does the u.s. have any leverage at all they could use against him? >> the u.s. hasn't had much leverage so far, and you made the right point earlier on when you said that in fact one of the biggest questions that we face right now is that we haven't had very much progress on the arms control issues, on syria, on iran with the russians. the fact that the asylum was given for only one year, on one hand tells you that the russians aren't entirely sure they want to be stuck with mr. snowden, but it also tells you that mr. putin may well want to use the renewal of the asylum as a point of negotiation or leverage going forward with president obama. perhaps to trade that off for something else he really wants, particularly in the area of missile defense. whether or not president obama will deal on mr. snowden's fate is not clear. you'll remember that early on in this
obama is? on one hand has putin gained some leverage in these other issues, these other geopolitical issues by hanging on to snowden or does the u.s. have any leverage at all they could use against him? >> the u.s. hasn't had much leverage so far, and you made the right point earlier on when you said that in fact one of the biggest questions that we face right now is that we haven't had very much progress on the arms control issues, on syria, on iran with the russians. the fact that the...
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trevor tim asked, does president barack obama think we are stupid? the fact is he's had years to initiate a debate and instead stifled it. one thing everyone can agree on, both the debate and the debate about the debate will tonight. matt, what did you make of the president's announcement on friday and his intentions here? >> i'm all for a mend it, don't end it approach. i have been in the camp that assumed this stuff is going on. i'm more troubled by google and facebook having all our information. it's voluntary. we have known what they are doing since 2005 and 2006. there's not been the same stink over it. i don't view snowden as a hero. he's a criminal, but sparked a debate that is arguably overdue. when obama comes out, the idea that he is doing this in anything other than response to the debate snowden created puts the president in a weak position and gives enormous credit to snowden. there's something in the timing of this that if obama wanted to have this debate or propose the reforms, doing it in the wake of snowden's thing is the political f
trevor tim asked, does president barack obama think we are stupid? the fact is he's had years to initiate a debate and instead stifled it. one thing everyone can agree on, both the debate and the debate about the debate will tonight. matt, what did you make of the president's announcement on friday and his intentions here? >> i'm all for a mend it, don't end it approach. i have been in the camp that assumed this stuff is going on. i'm more troubled by google and facebook having all our...
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. >> yet, the day after the release of the afghanistan war logs president obama was dismissive. >> the fact is, these documents don't reveal any issues that haven't already informed our public debate on afghanistan. >> these war logs were followed by the publication of the iraq war logs. in october 2010 and the release of 250,000 state department cables the following month. in sum, manning's leaks constituted the largest security breach in u.s. history but they also constituted something else, the most comprehensive evidentiary trove of evidence of u.s. led wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> joining me, curt anderson and white house correspondent for the "wall street journal", karen lee. and also attorney for wikileaks and julian assange, michael ratner. michael, i'd like to go to you first today. the sentence for bradley manning, 35 years, could go down to 10 years. there have been a number of different reactions to this. i wonder where you stand. wikileaks tweeted this is a significant strategic victory in the case. the center for u.s. constitutional rights said this is a travesty of j
. >> yet, the day after the release of the afghanistan war logs president obama was dismissive. >> the fact is, these documents don't reveal any issues that haven't already informed our public debate on afghanistan. >> these war logs were followed by the publication of the iraq war logs. in october 2010 and the release of 250,000 state department cables the following month. in sum, manning's leaks constituted the largest security breach in u.s. history but they also...
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then when they threw him out, obama switched course again. the vacillation, all sides in egypt hate the united states which they're convinced backed their enemy. certainly the fact that we have called and not called this coup, it makes an already complex situation that much more complex. what does the president do? >> objectively speaking, this is about the least desirable outcome you could possibly have crafted if you were starting from the beginning. so, you know, they can't say that they have handled this well. there is plenty of blame to go around. the president needs to come out and pick a side. say something firm. what's going on here? what is the -- what is the end game here? the army seems to be behaving with impunity. >> yes. >> as they've said. there could be hundreds of people that have been killed here. josh hirsch reporting from over there was saying this morning after the police started clearing out the protests, then more protesters came from the other direction so the police were shooting in both directions. and there were tho
then when they threw him out, obama switched course again. the vacillation, all sides in egypt hate the united states which they're convinced backed their enemy. certainly the fact that we have called and not called this coup, it makes an already complex situation that much more complex. what does the president do? >> objectively speaking, this is about the least desirable outcome you could possibly have crafted if you were starting from the beginning. so, you know, they can't say that...
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president obama did not reach out to president putin directly. we're already getting some reaction from the hill. democrats largely supportive of this move. republicans a bit divided. you have u.s. representative ed royce who's the chairman who said this should help show this is unacceptable. this representative for john boehner says quote the president's signature foreign policy accomplishment has just collapsed. that's the reaction that is coming in. alex, it's important to point out that secretary of state john carry, defense secretary chuck hagel will be meeting with their counterparts, the russian counterparts at the state department on friday. so while this is a setback and really a diplomatic rebuke, there are still some channels of communication moving forward particularly on the issues of afghanistan and iran. >> issues where we certainly need bilateral cooperation. thanks. >> katrina, there are so many questions. i ask you given your experience and your deep knowledge on russian affairs, "the new york times" says that mr. obama's decisi
president obama did not reach out to president putin directly. we're already getting some reaction from the hill. democrats largely supportive of this move. republicans a bit divided. you have u.s. representative ed royce who's the chairman who said this should help show this is unacceptable. this representative for john boehner says quote the president's signature foreign policy accomplishment has just collapsed. that's the reaction that is coming in. alex, it's important to point out that...
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senator obama would have been very skeptical of this program. he's president obama. it's a lot different. he gets all of this information. he gets it differently. any of us understand that it's a different -- there's no doubt you get a different set of facts and data when you are sitting in that seat. what he's got to do is get out there and explain it. this has been among the biggest critiques i heard frankly from both left and right on this issue. it's not that they don't sympathize with the fact that the president is sort of -- that he is sort of a mixed mind of this. he knows the privacy part of this is sort of ugly and uncomfortable at the same time he's convinced it's a good tool. then explain it. tell the public and then sell it. he's got to try and sell it. when you don't sell it, you let other voices dominate the discussion and then you create this muddled mess that you have. >> the question also of al qaeda is one where the president is in a very tough spot. in so far as we got bin laden. something the white house has been very, very clear about. there's th
senator obama would have been very skeptical of this program. he's president obama. it's a lot different. he gets all of this information. he gets it differently. any of us understand that it's a different -- there's no doubt you get a different set of facts and data when you are sitting in that seat. what he's got to do is get out there and explain it. this has been among the biggest critiques i heard frankly from both left and right on this issue. it's not that they don't sympathize with the...
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in this, president obama has failed. a day after egypt's military backed interim government slaughtered hundreds of protesters and assumed sweeping emergency powers, obama still could not bring himself to call what is happening a coup. he described it as an intervention. what do you make of that? >> particularly some of the other analysts have suggested that. i think we saw this when mccain and lindsey graham were there. the military said it's no longer a piece of leverage. that's the explanation we were getting out of the administration, the money we were giving to the military, that's our leverage. that's not even a leverage point at this point. so to gene's point, there's not a good reason why we couldn't have come forward and taken a stronger stand. if the thing that we thought was going to be our lempverage poin is now gone, then we need to find a different leverage point or find a better way to stand on the side of the people. >> ayman, before we let you go, we talk every day about the role of the united states in
in this, president obama has failed. a day after egypt's military backed interim government slaughtered hundreds of protesters and assumed sweeping emergency powers, obama still could not bring himself to call what is happening a coup. he described it as an intervention. what do you make of that? >> particularly some of the other analysts have suggested that. i think we saw this when mccain and lindsey graham were there. the military said it's no longer a piece of leverage. that's the...
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did obama commit mail fraud? is that a way to get out of office? isn't that what they got capone for? that speaks to the thing in the ground water. >> there's this kind of curious aspect of washington theater logic basically, where there's never any room for sort of a small to medium sized scandal. >> yes. >> there's no room to say yes, something went wrong at the irs, like we need to, you know, figure out who is responsible and not do that again but it doesn't rise to the level of impeachment. we don't have to talk about it two and a half years. there's almost this yale gor rhythmic logic any time anything gets in the blood stream it has to go huge or die. >> go big or go home. one of the reasons we're talking about this isn't just because focusing on insanity in parts of the far right is worthy of discussion, but also because of the fight that is looming in the fall, right? and i think this is representative of a larger inability by some of the moderate elder statesmen of the republican party to stand up to the conspiracy theorists, birthers, far
did obama commit mail fraud? is that a way to get out of office? isn't that what they got capone for? that speaks to the thing in the ground water. >> there's this kind of curious aspect of washington theater logic basically, where there's never any room for sort of a small to medium sized scandal. >> yes. >> there's no room to say yes, something went wrong at the irs, like we need to, you know, figure out who is responsible and not do that again but it doesn't rise to the...